http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Broward 60 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:25:19 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672849.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672849.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT A group of Broward County teens were drunk, high and purposely aiming for their victims' heads when they attacked three homeless men in 2006, beating one of them to death with a baseball bat, prosecutors told a jury Thursday during opening statements in the highly anticipated trial in Fort Lauderdale. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673334.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673334.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:24 EDT Almost as soon as Florida fell out of Hanna's forecast cone, it slipped into Ike's, and that mighty, major hurricane could be on our doorstep Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673842.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673842.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:35 EDT Police are on the lookout for a man suspected of sexually assaulting two elderly women in their Hallandale Beach homes. The first incident happened Aug. 28, when a man broke into a home and attacked the female homeowner. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673825.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673825.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:20 EDT A former supervisor at the Department of Children and Families pleaded guilty in Broward County Friday to stealing more than $1.5 million from the state welfare system in an ''insider'' scheme. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673599.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673599.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:11 EDT A Broward County man who stole nearly $1 million from a condominium community made up primarily of trusting senior citizens will spend the next 20 years in prison and will have to pay the money back with interest, a judge ruled Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673517.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673517.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:58 EDT Coral Springs police arrested a woman on charges that she shot her live-in boyfriend and her 6-year-old daughter late Thursday. Tracie Lynn Cornell, 43, of Coral Springs shot Terry Sands, 43, in the chest after a domestic dispute, police said. Cornell was also charged with firing another shot that missed Sands, went through a wall of her condo and hit her daughter in the arm. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673292.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/673292.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:12 EDT Tropical Storm Hanna's outer bands were still bringing wet, windy weather to South Florida on Friday morning as it headed to a possible landfall in South Carolina on Saturday, and Hurricane Ike was downgraded to a Category 3 storm -- its path still uncertain. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/664087.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/664087.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:59 EDT Police probe fatal shooting in Fort Lauderdale A man standing on the patio of his Fort Lauderdale home was shot dead late Thursday, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672929.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672929.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Almost as soon as Florida fell out of Hanna's forecast cone, it slipped into Ike's, and that mighty, major hurricane could be on our doorstep Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672914.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Several South Florida organizations mobilized Thursday to ship money and supplies to the victims of Hurricane Gustav in Cuba, Haiti, and other Caribbean points. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672848.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672848.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Broward School Board members somberly approved this year's budget Thursday night, lamenting cutbacks in many areas, including school-bus rides, middle-school sports, and tree-trimming. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672847.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672847.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Tired of worrying that it's unsafe to walk at night or let children play outside by day, some residents in Hollywood's Royal Poinciana neighborhood are calling for residents to take up arms in the area north of downtown. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672844.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti acknowledged to the parents of a murdered deputy Thursday that his agency's failure to follow its own policies set the stage for the ambush slaying of their son, Todd Fatta. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672842.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672842.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Investigators Thursday identified the two men who were shot -- one fatally -- in one of two deputy-involved shootings the night before. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/673497.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/673497.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:43 EDT Alejandro Figueroa, the man shot to death in a confrontation with police at a Pembroke Pines apartment complex Tuesday, was a jealous man, according to his wife. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672841.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672841.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT South Florida's Mexican community has grown in size and influence in recent years, as a new wave of immigrants from both the agricultural and business fields have chosen to make their home here. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672736.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/672736.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:59 EDT Hollywood police searched late Thursday for the person who shot a man in a parking lot. The shooting took place about 8:15 p.m. in a parking lot in the 2400 block of Sheridan Street, just east of Interstate 95, Hollywood police spokesman Lt. Manny Marino said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671272.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671272.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Frustrated at the stalemate in negotiations about their raises, Broward County teachers vowed Wednesday to paralyze the school system by working less. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671216.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671216.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Two parents accused of poisoning their infant daughter with vodka won't face further jail time after being convicted of aggravated child abuse, a Broward County judge ruled Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671213.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671213.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT From the first time they strap on gear, firefighters often think about what, for them, would be the thrill of a lifetime: emerging from a burning home, clutching an infant on death's door and saving the child's life. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671212.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671212.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Pembroke Pines police on Wednesday identified the man who died in a police-involved shooting at an apartment complex. Alejandro Figueroa, 37, of Dania Beach, was shot to death Tuesday in the Archstone Harbour Cove complex near Pembroke and Hiatus roads. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671207.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Timothy Rubinstein is a 31-year-old father, engaged and working two jobs. He also is about to be homeless. Rubinstein is one of thousands who call the Palma Nova mobile-home park in Davie their home. Now, they all face eviction. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671245.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671245.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were involved in two shootings Wednesday night in Tamarac and Oakland Park that left one person dead and two injured. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671186.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/671186.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Police identify woman hit, killed walking across I-95 in South Broward Francisca Barcelo, 80, was roughly 10 miles from her Hialeah home early Tuesday -- she was wandering across Interstate 95 in South Broward. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669514.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669514.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Pilot James Monahan of Plantation was looking forward to his new job as a pilot with an air cargo company in Columbus, Ohio. Having lost his job with ATA Airlines, an airline that went bankrupt in April, Monahan, 57, set off for Ohio for a three-week training course with Air Tahoma. Joining him were Urs Anderegg, 58, of Weston, and Sean Gardiner, 41, of Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669513.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669513.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Mark Kalaj spent a fun-filled Labor Day at Disney World with his two small children. But just miles from their Fort Lauderdale home, their holiday ride took a tragic turn. Kalaj, son Mark Jr., and daughter Kristen were involved in a vicious three-car wreck on Cypress Creek Road just off Interstate 95 in Oakland Park Monday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669536.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669536.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Hanna, Ike and Josephine are lined up in the Atlantic like planes taxiing for takeoff. Will they land in South Florida? Maybe. The closest threat: Tropical Storm Hanna, a stalling, crawling system that battered parts of Haiti just as the country was trying to bail out from Hurricane Gustav's deadly wrath. Hanna will likely bring lousy weather to South Florida on Thursday and Friday as it skirts the coast toward a projected landfall in South Carolina. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669517.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669517.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT A man was shot to death Tuesday after he went on a vehicle-shooting spree in a Pembroke Pines apartment complex, hitting several cars but no people, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669518.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669518.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Sen. Joe Biden kicked off his first visit to Florida as the Democratic vice presidential nominee Tuesday, delivering a familiar refrain to a largely Jewish crowd in Deerfield Beach: He supports Israel. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669521.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669521.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:01 EDT A former Broward sheriff's deputy was found not guilty on Tuesday of aggravated battery after being accused of stomping a restaurant patron's head. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669526.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669526.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Jury panel after jury panel has marched straight-faced into Broward Judge Cynthia Imperato's courtroom saying they could be impartial and fair hearing the case of two teens accused of beating a homeless man to death in 2006. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669559.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/669559.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Now that Smart School Institute of Technology and Commerce has lost funding from the state and must close, school officials have come up with a new plan: Put the students in a different charter high school on the same property. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/668190.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/668190.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT The community park could be the blueprint for the future: playing fields, basketball hoops and a dozen security cameras monitoring every square inch of activity -- all day, every day. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/673374.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/673374.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:24 EDT Mila Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91.